Right you are Max, I edited my first reply and left off a sentence that said
first check the rear transmission seal (easy), then the front one (harder).
I have struggled over the last two years to make my B absolutely drip free.
I'm almost there, I've got just eighteen more things to check!
Tuck
>
>If you mean the engine rear seal, then how does that explain the low tranny
>oil level? I think you must mean the tranny front seal, which seems a
>likely
>possibility. Though I suppose he should first inspect the tranny rear seal
>since it is so much more accessible.
>
> > Chris,
> > From the sound of it I'd guess the rear seal let go. If it did, it will
> > only get worse until you replace it. No need to pull the transmission,
>but
> > you do need to pull the engine, and then the clutch to get at the seal.
>If
> > you let too much time go by before replacing the seal, the clutch will
>get
> > covered in oil and start to slip. Most people who go to the trouble to
> > replace this seal simply replace the clutch also.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Tuck Southworth
> > 70 B hers
> > 55TF all mine
> >
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